Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ac28e3f3c42b451…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-13 13:55:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9082029c10c631e33ca93aa4377ed3ab SHA-1: 7795d334d3d5f232393992ac450e26aabc030cad SHA-256: 2ac28e3f3c42b451f9e0b29165fc1a3a31efe1fddf267ab7f0a61f93d1b1db13
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to form a link farm, likely designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745770ecf24---54786354099.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/fipopagifidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d215a19de1f5802f33dc7f6e08050546/tutalemefajarololal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/66093633760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-brand.net/userfiles/files/zijozagutedusowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/15704926584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b0be691cf---58502079515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drticket.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/95446772120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/36911129398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58284844180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32445094307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/vedowegobadesazekunaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55009cf349020cad08206055b5afc38d/21328839643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/sutaxapuzoxajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/nujunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4c6545a290---68770342178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e13a1ef57---23733265796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874a8748048---vujefelubelututuvajiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/11265296608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/53680282028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae90517410---wumilobovero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff9c83123ff---widafaxotuxiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charlotteellisscholarship.com/clients/a/a5/a56794a54ce3a7e2a8fdc514f00cf952/File/24828066082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvurevhngfcc0gv7ol3n7h53ep/gonezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adac8b395e9---pinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d079877f4845789a3cb1693f823ac3ea/fetarosokunudonerigef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+calendar+templates+march+2021PDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BCC 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 1298668033958b765722e6fc1959f7b626233f477aeec0537258282cb97adc8a
font_02_sfnt_off0001252d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252D 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 1182fe8667a27787ca3a447c3009675f336a8b50f5507fb4e1d117126a8a127d